In short, Sweden is now a small country with a big rule.

Sweden is located in the eastern part of Scandinavia, North Europe, bordered by Finland to the northeast, Norway to the west, the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea to the east across the sea from Russia, the North Sea to the southwest, and Denmark and the United Kingdom across the sea.

The territory covers an area of 449,964 km² (excluding territorial waters). The territorial sea is 12 nautical miles, the coastline is about 2,181 kilometers long, and about 15% of the land is within the Arctic Circle.

This is also the reason why Ye Chao can enter Sweden in the Arctic Circle.

Sweden is bordered by the Baltic Sea to the east and the North Sea to the southwest, and the terrain is inclined from northwest to southeast, with plateaus in the north. Sweden has a long and narrow terrain, with a slope from northwest to southeast. The north is the Norrland Plateau, the highest peak in the country, the Kebnakese Peak, is 2,123 meters above sea level, and the south and the coast are mostly plains or hills.

Sweden is not a water-scarce country, it is quite rich in water resources, and the main rivers are the Jota, Dal and Ungerman rivers.

There are many lakes in China, about 100,000, and the largest Lake Wienern has an area of 5,585 km, ranking third in Europe.

Sweden is close to the sea and is affected by the warm Atlantic Current, and the winter is mild and rainy;

The climate is mainly continental, most of the area belongs to the subarctic coniferous forest climate, and the southernmost area belongs to the temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest climate.

The average temperature in January is -16°C in the north and -0.7°C in the south, and the average temperature in July is 14.2°C in the north and 17.2°C in the south.

Iron ore, forests and water power are Sweden's three major resources.

As of 2014, Sweden has proven iron ore reserves of 3.65 billion tons, making it the largest exporter of iron ore in Europe.

Uranium ore reserves range from 25 to 300,000 tonnes.

The forest coverage rate is 54%, and the timber storage is 2.64 billion cubic meters. In normal years, there are 20.14 million kilowatts (176 billion kilowatt hours) of available hydropower resources, 81% of which have been developed. In addition, there are sulfur, copper, lead, zinc, arsenic and other mines in the northern and central regions, and the reserves are not large.

The Swedes are mainly Western food, and bread and potatoes are their staple foods, among which they are particularly fond of it

Brown bread. The average person's breakfast consists of bread with jam and cream, coffee, and black tea, while lunch consists of bread, meat, vegetables, potatoes, and salad, and dinner is similar to breakfast with only one soup.

Swedes also like to eat Chinese food, such as a variety of cold dishes, peanut kernels, ham and cabbage, braised fish, crispy duck, hot and sour sea cucumber, shredded pork and mustard soup, siu mai, steamed dumplings, flower rolls, shortbread, etc., and are especially interested in Cantonese cuisine with ham.

Swedes are very fond of fresh, tender, and burnt dishes, but the taste is on the heavy side, and the saltiness of the food and the sweetness of the dessert tend to be high.

He loves lean meats and fresh vegetables, and he likes to drink thick soups. Its dishes are mainly fish, with herring and mackerel as the main dishes, but also chicken, eggs, beef, pork, game and other aquatic products.

Swedes have a unique habit of eating a set menu every day. For example, on Thursdays, the dish is "Ataru, Mead, Frasque", which uses beans and pork as the main ingredients.

"Silubra" is a Monday dish with herring from beef. They also have a typical way of eating, that is, dozens of dishes are placed on a large table, and they divide them according to their preferences, and the quality of the dishes is only medie, which is called "pirate feast".

There are many people who like good food, but those who like music are certainly no strangers to Sweden.

Swedish music is definitely one of the best in Europe, with a well-known band in Sweden: 70

The ABBA of the era, the Swedish quartet, once caused a sensation all over the world.

The songs of that year even achieved the top of the Billboard charts, and countless other songs entered the top 10, and the later release of Forever Gold was the most essential part of its music, and the style of male and female singing was inherited by many Swedish bands that followed.

In the early '90s, another band, Roxette, refreshed Swedish music, and in 1990 they sang the interlude (It must have been love) for the movie "Pretty Woman" by storm, and several classics are hard to listen to, including the compilation Don't bore us, get into Cholus, which is also one of sillycat's highly recommended albums.

In the mid-90s, the band Ace of Base debuted, which was hailed as an ABBA re-enactment at the time, and it was also a male and female singing style, a four-member group, and the sales of their debut album set a Guinness World Record of 21 million copies, and the subsequent albums have maintained sales of more than 5 platinums.

Singles of 90's, released in 1999, is its selected album, and after 1998, Sweden's outstanding artists emerged one after another, Lobyn, Eagle-eye Chelry, Emilia and other newcomers have gone to the world, I believe many people have heard of Emilia's once world-famous work Big Big orld.

The nursery rhyme-like style is very catchy by the Swedish band Cardigans, the style is varied, the lead singer is so good at singing that it is amazing, the lead singer was also named the sexiest female artist in Europe in '99 when Spice Girls All Saints was in power, and the song Lovefool was an episode of the movie "Romeo and Juliet".

After the 9th century, Sweden's economic development gradually accelerated as the capitalist economy grew and remained politically neutral in the world. By the middle of the 20th century, it had developed rapidly and became an industrially developed capitalist country.

Since the 70s of the 20th century, Sweden has implemented a new industrial adjustment strategy, further increased the intensity and investment in scientific research, actively developed modern high-tech industries, and become a modern welfare society.

From the beginning of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, the role of agriculture in the Swedish national economy continued to decline, and the Swedish agricultural labor population accounted for only about 3% of the country's employed population.

In the early 90s of the 20th century, Sweden was in recession due to the impact of the world economic crisis. In 1994, the economy began to pick up, and since then, the electronics and information technology industries have been vigorously developed, and the economy has maintained a growth rate of 2%-4%.

After 2008, the Swedish economy was affected by the international financial crisis, facing unfavorable situations such as declining economic growth, shocks to the real economy, continued weak market confidence, increasing business failures, and rising unemployment. After 2009, Sweden's economy stabilized and rebounded, and the tertiary industry accounted for more than half of Sweden's GDP.

Sweden is rich in forest resources, forestry plays an important role in the national economy, in addition to the export of wood raw materials, but also established a huge pulp, paper, furniture, forest products and chemical industry and other supporting deep processing industrial sectors, its output and export volume are in the forefront of the world.

Among them, the export value of conifer products ranks second in the world, the export of pulp ranks third in the world, and the export of paper ranks fourth in the world.

At the same time, the government pays attention to environmental protection, and the annual harvesting does not exceed the natural growth, so that Sweden's forest coverage has remained stable for a long time.

While retaining its traditional characteristics, Sweden's advantageous sectors have shifted to the highly technology-intensive machinery industry and the chemical industry, and vigorously developed emerging industries such as information, communications, biology, medicine, and environmental protection.

At present, Sweden has its own aviation, nuclear industry, automobile industry, advanced military industry, as well as world-leading telecommunications and pharmaceutical research capabilities. Sweden is also a world leader in software development, microelectronics, telecommunications and photonics.

With a population of only 9 million, Sweden has always supported the liberalization of world trade and is a highly export-oriented country with a foreign trade dependence of about 80% and export profits of about 45% of GDP.

In fact, among the countries close to the Arctic Circle, Sweden is one of the most economically powerful. Even if you look at the world, Sweden's manufacturing and cultural industries are well-known.